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bi·corn
/
ˈbaɪ
kɔrn
/
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[
bahy
-kawrn
]
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adjective
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bi·cor·nate
/
baɪˈkɔr
nɪt
,
-neɪt
/
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[
bahy-
kawr
-nit
,
-neyt
]
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,
bi·cor·nu·ate
/
baɪˈkɔr
nyu
ɪt
,
-ˌeɪt
/
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[
bahy-
kawr
-nyoo-it
,
-eyt
]
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,
bi·cor·nu·ous.
1.
Botany,
Zoology
.
having two horns or hornlike parts.
2.
shaped like a crescent.
noun
3.
bicorne.
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Origin:
1745–55;
<
Latin
bicornis,
equivalent to
bi-
bi-
1
+
corn
(
ū
)
horn
+
-is
adj. suffix
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Bi·corn
/
ˈbaɪ
kɔrn
/
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[
bahy
-kawrn
]
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noun
(in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands.
Compare
Chichivache
.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late Middle English
Bycorne
<
Middle French
<
Latin
bicornis
bicorn
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bicorn
,
bicornate
or
bicornuate
(ˈbaɪkɔːn, baɪˈkɔːnɪt, -ˌneɪt, baɪˈkɔːnjʊɪt, -ˌeɪt)
—
adj
having two horns or hornlike parts
[C19: from Latin
bicornis
, from
bi-
1
+
cornu
horn]
bicornate
,
bicornate
or
bicornuate
—
adj
[C19: from Latin
bicornis
, from
bi-
1
+
cornu
horn]
bicornuate
,
bicornate
or
bicornuate
—
adj
[C19: from Latin
bicornis
, from
bi-
1
+
cornu
horn]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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